Car Theft

WAYNESBORO, PA. - Three people were arrested when stopped in a silver Toyota Corolla reported stolen from Leitersburg, Md., on May 30, Washington Township police said. Thomas Eugene Garmong, 22; Kevin Christopher Downs, 27; and Wayne Anthony Clark, 22, all of Hagerstown, were arrested at 9:49 a.m. May 30 on charges of receiving, possessing or buying stolen property, police said in a news release. They were arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Larry Pentz and jailed in Franklin County Prison on $20,000 bail each.

Man gets 18 to 84 months for car theft CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man with a history of burglary and theft charges will spend more time in jail for his role in the theft of a Shippensburg, Pa., man's car last year. Edward Vincent Creighton, 44, was sentenced to from 18 to 84 months in the State Correctional Institution Wednesday in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Carol Van Horn agreed to make the sentence concurrent with any additional time Creighton will serve for violating the conditions of his probation for an earlier crime.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Martinsburg Police are looking for a man who robbed the 7-Eleven store at 201 Winchester Ave. early Friday and then stole the store clerk's car. At about 1:45 a.m. a white male entered the store and demanded money from a clerk, police said in a news release. He did not show a gun, but gestured as if he had one, police said. After taking an undisclosed amount of cash from the store, the man fled the scene by stealing a 2002 Mitsubishi Galant registered to the store clerk, police said.

W.Va. man hospitalized after two-state chase A chase that began in West Virginia careened through Williamsport early Wednesday before ending along Md. 68 in a collision with a Maryland State Police cruiser. Roy Wesley Butts, 36, of 306 Bernice Ave. in Martinsburg, W.Va., the driver of the vehicle being chased, was injured and was taken to Washington County Hospital shortly before 4 a.m. Wednesday by Clear Spring ambulance personnel. Butts was under guard Wednesday night at the hospital, where he was listed in serious condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Convicted drug addict James Michael Conely's pleas for "one more chance" fell on deaf ears before Washington County Circuit Judge Donald Beachley Tuesday. "I'm tired of the whining," Beachley said as he sentenced Conely, 24, to 13 years in prison. Conely was in court to answer charges he repeatedly broke his court-ordered probation - by selling drugs, using drugs, failing to report to his probation agent, receiving an alcohol citation in Ocean City, Md., failing to get counseling, not performing 40 hours of community service and missing alcohol meetings.

Spitting incident draws six-month sentence A man who admitted spitting on a witness last November during a Washington County District Court hearing was given a six-month sentence Thursday in the same courtroom. Charles Ardinger Spigler, 30, of Hagerstown, apologized to the court for his "unethical" act on Nov. 25. "There was more to it than you know," Spigler told visiting Judge Milnor Roberts. Spigler pleaded guilty to second-degree assault on Jason Shawn Kesner, a witness in a neighborhood dispute case in which Spigler was accused of destruction of property.

Cutting off a home detention bracelet for four days of freedom last March proved costly for Brenda Elizabeth Herrera on Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court. Herrera, 33, of 1057C Noland Drive, was released from the Washington County Detention Center on July 4 after serving her original four-month sentence on a theft/scheme conviction. Judge John H. McDowell on Tuesday added a 45-day sentence for violation of home detention. "It was not only stupid but deceitful," McDowell said, adding that he wasn't going to change the sentence because Herrera is seven months pregnant.

Police log for Aug. 10 People evacuated following bank fire BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. - About 35 people were evacuated from Citizens National Bank, 212 S. Washington St., Berkeley Springs, for about one hour Wednesday because of a suspected fire. Several fire units responded to the scene to discover a belt had broken in an air conditioning unit on the second floor, causing smoke but no fire, said LT. Jami Clark of the Berkeley Springs Volunteer Fire Department.

Charged with participating in the theft of two cars from Hagerstown Community College for a “joy ride,” a Hagerstown man pleaded guilty Monday in Washington County Circuit Court to conspiracy to commit second-degree burglary. Judge Daniel P. Dwyer sentenced 19-year-old David George Savage, of 11335 Youngstoun Drive, Apt. 2110, to two years in state prison, but suspended the sentence. He placed Savage on five years probation, ordered him to pay more than $6,700 in restitution and to stay off the college's property.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Martinsburg Police are looking for a man who robbed the 7-Eleven store at 201 Winchester Ave. early Friday and then stole the store clerk's car. At about 1:45 a.m. a white male entered the store and demanded money from a clerk, police said in a news release. He did not show a gun, but gestured as if he had one, police said. After taking an undisclosed amount of cash from the store, the man fled the scene by stealing a 2002 Mitsubishi Galant registered to the store clerk, police said.

Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with a Jan. 4 breaking and entering at Massey Collision Center, Washington Count Sheriff's Investigator A. Cerezo said. Two people took customer vehicles from the collision center and drove them around the Washington County area, demolishing street signs, yards and the vehicles themselves, Cerezo said in a news release. Investigators investigate that the men caused $150,000 in damage, including damage at Martin L. "Marty" Snook Park in Halfway.

WAYNESBORO, PA. - Three people were arrested when stopped in a silver Toyota Corolla reported stolen from Leitersburg, Md., on May 30, Washington Township police said. Thomas Eugene Garmong, 22; Kevin Christopher Downs, 27; and Wayne Anthony Clark, 22, all of Hagerstown, were arrested at 9:49 a.m. May 30 on charges of receiving, possessing or buying stolen property, police said in a news release. They were arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Larry Pentz and jailed in Franklin County Prison on $20,000 bail each.

Hagerstown police are investigating a rash of thefts of construction tools from vehicles, Detective Carroll Braun of the Hagerstown Police Department said Tuesday. More than $7,000 worth of tools and accessories such as drills, saws and drill bits have been stolen during the past three weeks from construction vehicles parked at private residences in Hagerstown and surrounding areas, Braun said. Detectives think one person is responsible for the thefts and are pursuing several leads, Braun said.

W.Va. man hospitalized after two-state chase A chase that began in West Virginia careened through Williamsport early Wednesday before ending along Md. 68 in a collision with a Maryland State Police cruiser. Roy Wesley Butts, 36, of 306 Bernice Ave. in Martinsburg, W.Va., the driver of the vehicle being chased, was injured and was taken to Washington County Hospital shortly before 4 a.m. Wednesday by Clear Spring ambulance personnel. Butts was under guard Wednesday night at the hospital, where he was listed in serious condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Man gets 18 to 84 months for car theft CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man with a history of burglary and theft charges will spend more time in jail for his role in the theft of a Shippensburg, Pa., man's car last year. Edward Vincent Creighton, 44, was sentenced to from 18 to 84 months in the State Correctional Institution Wednesday in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Carol Van Horn agreed to make the sentence concurrent with any additional time Creighton will serve for violating the conditions of his probation for an earlier crime.